Minolta CLE rangefinder patch not visible after wet snow

[IgalSc]

Hello, fellow CLE users.

I bought my camera pretty recently, and have enjoyed it so far. Today we had a major snowstorm, and I headed out to shoot some photos. The camera worked as it should, despite the wetness and my viewfinder getting foggy all the time (but I had this issue with other cameras as well, whether they’d be scale, rangefinders, or SLRs).

After I returned home, wiped the camera dry, and let it sit for about two hours, I noticed that I cannot see the rangefinder patch, and thus is not able to focus.

Have anyone encountered a problem like this? If yes - what did you have to do with the camera?

Thanks ahead
Igal

 

[IgalSc]

Well,
This is quite interesting, but after sitting on the table overnight, the patch is now fully visible and functional.

Now I need to figure out how to weatherproof my camera

 

[Horatio]

Sounds like condensation on the RF mirror. Glad it's resolved!

It never snows here, so I can't comment on that. Perhaps some of our Canadian contributors can chime in.

 

[retinax]

Best practice is to let a camera come to room temperature inside a bag, to avoid condensation. Same applies going outside from air conditioned interiors.

 

[IgalSc]

Best practice is to let a camera come to room temperature inside a bag, to avoid condensation. Same applies going outside from air conditioned interiors.

Thanks, man. I'm aware of the going in/out in the cold weather. This was not about cold. This was about wet snow/rain. I did take this camera out in a cold, and it worked like charm. Same is true with coming into a warm place from a frigit outside weather.

My question here was if this is an issue I will face in the next rain?